Our family has a handful of sayings that have been passed down from generation to generation. They are part of our family folklore. I'm not sure where this one originated, but I remember my grandma repeating it more than once: You can't never always sometimes tell. That tongue twister is a mind-bender, so you might need to read it twice. Here's a translation: "Anything could happen."
Let me redeem that saying and give it a prayer twist. When you circle a promise in prayer, you can't never always sometimes tell. Anything could happen! You never know when or how or where God will answer it. Prayer adds an element of surprise to your life that is more fun than a surprise party or surprise gift or surprise romance. In fact, prayer turns life into a party, a gift, a romance.
God has surprised me so many times that I'm no longer surprised by His surprises. That doesn't mean I love them any less. I'm in awe of the strange and mysterious ways in which God works, but I have come to expect the unexpected because God is predictably unpredictable. God always has a holy surprise up His sovereign sleeve! The only thing I can predict with absolute certainty is this: the more you pray the more holy surprises will happen.
-- Mark Batterson in “The Circle Maker”
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